Kentucky Criminalistics Academy Application
The Kentucky Criminalistics Academy (KCA) is an intensive 10-week training program designed to meet the needs of Kentucky Law Enforcement Agencies in the area evidence identification, collection and preservation. The training will consist of 400 hours of Kentucky Law Enforcement Council approved curriculum. The KCA is formatted for classroom instruction, lab activities, and field practicals in the various specialized areas. Academy students will complete both written and practical exams to show competency in the various subjects. The goal of the academy is to provide the crime scene investigator with the most recent crime scene investigative techniques and technology available today.
Training Modules:
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Alternate light and luminol
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Arson
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Bloodstain Pattern Recognition
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Bullet Trajectory and reconstruction
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Body Farm- Osteology lectures and practical, Surface skeletons and buried bodies
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Computer and Digital Storage Evidence
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Crime Scene Management
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CAD-Total Station Crimes scene sketching and documentation
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Case Preparation & Court Presentation techniques
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Death Investigation- Autopsy, Post Mortem Fingerprinting, Wound Analysis
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Digital Photography
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DNA
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Explosives Investigations
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Latent Fingerprint processing
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Marijuana Identification Certification
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Trace Evidence
The Department of Criminal Justice Training will provide lodging for the five day stay in Knoxville, Tennessee. The agencies are responsible for the out of state travel and all meal reimbursement.
Requirements for participants to KCA are:
- Be a full time crime scene investigator, newly appointed crime scene investigator or a patrol officer in a position to perform as a crime scene investigator.
- Be computer literate
- Be prepared to participate in group activities
- Be prepared to work outdoors in the elements and with human cadavers.
